Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Herbert Hoover has a rare gift for kindling new fires of moral endeavor within young men, for sending them forth on missions of nobility. An influence at New Haven where he is in close contact not only with the student body but also with returning-and "reuning"-alumni, Dean Hutchins may find himself a Hoover missionary spreading the gospel of abstinence among college men. The Yale Law School has been conducting a survey of court administration. Dean Hutchins, with Prof. Charles E. Clark, told the President of this work. If asked, he could have given President Hoover an illuminating account...
Benefactor. Rare indeed are musical enterprises of any sort which have been made to pay for themselves. The Dayton Westminster Choir makes no such pretense, has for patroness the able and energetic Mrs. Harry Elstner Talbott, widow of Engineer Talbott who built the Soo locks and many a railroad. Herself a good amateur musician, Mrs. Talbott was quick to see the worth in Conductor Williamson's work, to contribute generously her money and time. Aside from the choir, her interests have been manifold and great. She has been president of the Anti-Suffrage League in Ohio, of the Anti...
There is no reason why anyone should be particularly interested in all this, except perhaps the rare undergraduate who worries about his disinclination to study. But the book is a technical study by and for student personnel workers, and to them it ought to bring material of some value...
...gridiron rules, he was indifferent. "I don't think they'll make much difference one way or the other," was his only remark. "They wouldn't have affected any of our games last fall. In my opinion, the contests in which these changes will be important, will be rare...
Emmett Lawrence was always on call, a rare and curious technician. He went to perform his unadvertised handiwork in most of the large Eastern cities. Among his placements were the two lions which crouch before the entrance of the New York Public Library. During 30 years of work, he never broke or marred a statue...